Physicists have debated which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Careful experiments provide an answer.

The use of local materials in architecture is becoming more and more important as there is a growing need to find new, sustainable construction methods that can help address the current climate crisis ...

Abstract: The truss structure optimization problem is of substantial importance in diverse civil engineering applications. The ultimate goal is to determine the optimal cross-section (bar) areas of ...

This paper presents a method of equilibrium path analysis and stability analysis of an equilibrium state for a rigid origami, which consists of rigid flat faces connected by straight crease lines ...

Adaptive structures have great potential to meet the growing demand for energy efficiency in buildings and engineering structures. While some structures adapt to varying loads by a small change in ...

A structure that fails at large loads is expected to be dense and stiff. This is because in conventional materials failure load depends directly on stiffness and density. This paper shows that the ...